Literal...

Hypocritical, superficial, i.E.A stage of artificial plants is figurative of an insincere performance...

To hear good news in a dream, denotes that you will be fortunate in affairs, and have harmonious companions; but if the news be bad, contrary conditions will exist. ...

This is a classic ex- ample of contrary omen; the worse the news in your dream the better will be the news you get, and vice versa....

Anything that is fake or false is counterfeit (made in imitation of the original). This echoes the idea that man was made in the image of god, a spiritual concept. In dreams we can...